This is a website I designed for a Christian Recording Artist, Marian Mihas. She wanted to redesign her existing website with a new fresh look and better functionality for her fans. She also wanted to debut her new website to coincide with the release of her new album. The website was built using the WordPress theme Divi by Elegant Themes, with a few additional customizations. Marian wanted the home page to display her CD release image, so I customized the main slider used on that page to be a full width header. The site also utilizes a newsletter using Elegant Themes Bloom plugin. It also utilizes other functionality such as a blog, and allows Marian to sell her album via a digital download or as a physical CD purchase.
Marian was quite happy with her new website, and I was glad to have been given the opportunity to redesign her website. She continues to work on her site on her own, learning how to utilize Divi as she goes.
This is a website I designed using the WordPress theme Divi by Elegant Themes. This demo site was one of the first websites I designed using Divi shortly after the theme was released. I wanted to create a site that would elegantly display the craftmanship that goes into the building of new homes. Since its just a demo, I used it as an opportunity to begin learning Divi's capabilities.
This website was created as an individual project for a Writing for Interactive Design course I took at The Art Institute of Houston. The main purpose of the website was to write content that would persuade people to take a cruise on the Titanic II. There is a lot more to building websites than making them functional and user friendly. The content also has to be written properly in order to relay the message the website is trying to convey.
The website was built mobile first making it easier to design for different screen sizes. It utilizes a grid system set to percentages that help to layout the content. All of the images were found online utilizing Google's search engine, and the circular images on the home page were created in Illustrator.
This website was created as an individual project for a Usability Testing class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. It was created to showcase what had been learned throughout the course, and describes my experiences testing a website for usability.
Twitter Bootstrap was used as the foundation to build the site. The icons and vector images were illustrated by me in Illustrator.
This website was originally created as an individual final project in a WordPress class I took at The Art Insitute of Houston. We had to redesign a website for a nonprofit organization of our choice. St. Tim's was chosen because their original website was very outdated and needed a fresh new look. The website was built using a theme from Elegant Themes. A responsive theme was chosen because it would be helpful to the church if visitors to the site could access the website on any device. Especially when the main purpose of the website was not only for church members to use, but to bring in new church memebers as well. Father Fred, of St. Tim's, liked the new redesign of the website and decided to use my redesign as the church's new website. On a monthly basis I continue to update all aspects of the website for all who attend St. Timothy's.
The website was built during my internship with Forward Marketing. I worked on a team with other classmates from The Art Institute of Houston to help redesign websites for small businesses. As a team effort we worked on Wolf's Department Store and Pawn Shop to help redesign their website and help them rank higher in search engines. The website was built in WordPress using a Gensis theme. My main responsibilities were to help add content to the website.
The website was built during my internship with Forward Marketing. I worked on a team with other classmates from The Art Institute of Houston to help redesign websites for small businesses. As a team effort we worked on Braun's Roofing in order to not only redesign their website to make it more user friendly, but to help the business grow. The website was built in WordPress using a Genesis theme. My main responsibilities ranged from helping to add content and information, to helping with the initial design utilizing HTML and CSS.
The website was built during my internship with Forward Marketing. I worked on a team with other classmates from The Art Institute of Houston to help redesign websites for small businesses. As a team effort we worked on Guillo's Tailor to provide the business with a better design and improve their search engine optimization in order to help bring in more buisness. The website was built in WordPress using a Genesis theme. My main responsibilities were to help work on adding the websites content. I helped to finalize all pictures and information to ensure the site kept its professional appeal.
One of my projects in an InDesign class I took at The Art Institute of Houston was to redesign a bookcover from a book of our choice. I chose The Phantom Tollbooth, a favorite childhood story. I have always loved the illustrations and the characters and wanted to put my own design on a bookcover for this story. The illustrations on the cover are Milo, main character, Tock the dog, and the tollbooth. I drew the illustrations by hand, and then scanned them and placed them into InDesign. I drew the twisting road in Ilustrator and also used Illustrator to give Milo some color so he would stand out a bit more since he is the main character. For the title of the book I wanted the font to look as though it had been hand drawn, with a basic serif font that looks as though it was typed with a typewriter for the rest of the type. This was a fun project for me, redesigning the bookcover of a childhood favorite.
This poster was another project for the InDesign class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. We had to design a poster that listed things many students in their final quarters at The Art Institute have said they wished they had known before the harsh realities of portfolio and graduation actually hit them. I chose to emphasize the frustration that many of these soon to be graduates have faced when this realization finally hit. Being a student isn't just about learning the material of the course and passing, but listening to the wisdom of your instructors as well. The frustrated character was drawn in InDesign using the pen tool.
This design was created for a Photoshop class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. We had to take pictures using our cell phones and turn them into a design piece in Photoshop. The photos were taken in the grocery store of different fresh fruits and vegetables. The pictures were then brought into Photoshop to make the final composition.
This design was created for a Photoshop class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. We had to take pictures using our cell phones and turn them into a design piece in Photoshop. The photos were taken in the grocery store of different candies that were displayed near the fresh food items. The pictures were then brought into Photoshop to make the final composition.
This design was created for a Photoshop class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. We had to take pictures using our cell phones and turn them into a design piece in Photoshop. The photos were taken in the printshop I worked at during that time of different types of machinery I used for printing. The pictures were then brought into Photoshop to make the final composition.
This poster was one of ten designs created in a Typography class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. The poster was created in Illustrator and uses fonts in different weights and sizes as well as other artwork.
This poster was one of ten designs created in a Typography class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. The poster was created in Illustrator and uses fonts in different weights and sizes as well as other artwork.
This poster was one of ten designs created in a Typography class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. The poster was created in Illustrator and uses fonts in different weights and sizes as well as other artwork.
This poster was designed using Illustrator. It was a project I did for an illustration class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. The poster has a "Breakfast At Tiffany's" theme, with Audrey Hepburn in the same black dress she wore in the movie. I chose one of her quotes, which is cute and inspiring, and decorated the title with pearls to match her jewelry and the pearls she has in her hair. "Breakfast At Tiffany's" is one of my favorite Audrey Hepburn movies.
This poster was designed using Illustrator. It was a project I did for an illustration class I took at The Art Institute of Houston.This poster was a project in an Illustrator class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. We had to design our own insect. I combined a spider and dragonfly wings with a rhino beetle to create the Rhino Spider.
This poster was a project in an Illustrator class I took at The Art Institute of Houston. We had to design a poster about the advancement of technology. I chose to do The Evolution of The Muscle Car. I chose four different classics. The Mustang, Charger, Camaro, and Corvette showing the evolution of body style changes over the years. Each car was drawn in Illustrator using the pen tool.
This illustration, an image of Milo, Tock, and the Humbug, was drawn for a music video I created for a Desktop Publishing class at The Art Institute of Houston. The music video was a short tale of the story, "The Phantom Tollbooth" with instramental background music, "Reprise" by Everyday Sunday. The illustrations I drew for the video were of images I wanted to animate and images I could not find on the internet to use as still images. The music video was created in Premiere Pro. The illustration was drawn in Illustrator and imported into Premiere Pro.
This illustration, a Lethargian yawning, was drawn for a music video I created for a Desktop Publishing class at The Art Institute of Houston. The music video was a short tale of the story, "The Phantom Tollbooth" with instramental background music, "Reprise" by Everyday Sunday. The illustrations I drew for the video were of images I wanted to animate and images I could not find on the internet to use as still images. The music video was created in Premiere Pro. The illustration was drawn in Illustrator and imported into Premiere Pro.
This illustration, of Lethargians, was drawn for a music video I created for a Desktop Publishing class at The Art Institute of Houston. The music video was a short tale of the story, "The Phantom Tollbooth" with instramental background music, "Reprise" by Everyday Sunday. The illustrations I drew for the video were of images I wanted to animate and images I could not find on the internet to use as still images. The music video was created in Premiere Pro. The illustration was drawn in Illustrator and imported into Premiere Pro.
This illustration, an image of Milo walking, which was animated to look as though he was walking, was drawn for a music video I created for a Desktop Publishing class at The Art Institute of Houston. The music video was a short tale of the story, "The Phantom Tollbooth" with instramental background music, "Reprise" by Everyday Sunday. The illustrations I drew for the video were of images I wanted to animate and images I could not find on the internet to use as still images. The music video was created in Premiere Pro. The illustration was drawn in Illustrator and imported into Premiere Pro.
This illustration, an image of Milo driving, was drawn for a music video I created for a Desktop Publishing class at The Art Institute of Houston. The music video was a short tale of the story, "The Phantom Tollbooth" with instramental background music, "Reprise" by Everyday Sunday. The illustrations I drew for the video were of images I wanted to animate and images I could not find on the internet to use as still images. The music video was created in Premiere Pro. The illustration was drawn in Illustrator and imported into Premiere Pro.
This illustration, an image of a road, was drawn for a music video I created for a Desktop Publishing class at The Art Institute of Houston. The music video was a short tale of the story, "The Phantom Tollbooth" with instramental background music, "Reprise" by Everyday Sunday. The illustrations I drew for the video were of images I wanted to animate and images I could not find on the internet to use as still images. The music video was created in Premiere Pro. The illustration was drawn in Illustrator and imported into Premiere Pro.
This illustration, an image of the Humbug, Milo, Tock, and Rhyme & Reason falling, was drawn for a music video I created for a Desktop Publishing class at The Art Institute of Houston. The music video was a short tale of the story, "The Phantom Tollbooth" with instramental background music, "Reprise" by Everyday Sunday. The illustrations I drew for the video were of images I wanted to animate and images I could not find on the internet to use as still images. The music video was created in Premiere Pro. The illustration was drawn in Illustrator and imported into Premiere Pro.
This illustration was created in Illustrator using the Gill Sans MT font in different weights and symbols in order to create a self portrait. It was one of ten originally created for a typography class final project at The Art Institute of Houston.
This illustration was created in Illustrator using the Franklin Gothic font in different weights and symbols in order to create a self portrait. It was one of ten originally created for a typography class final project at The Art Institute of Houston.
This illustration was created in Illustrator using the Rockwell font in different weights and symbols in order to create a self portrait. It was one of ten originally created for a typography class final project at The Art Institute of Houston.
